It is the third time Wrexham have been live on the BT Sport cameras this season and they are yet to find the back of the net in any of them games, while it is the eighth time in 15 games Mills’s side have failed to register a goal.

'We're struggling up front'

“I thought the lads did well, we’ve had a good shape about us, we have worked hard, (but) we’re struggling up front,” said Mills when asked for his summation of the encounter.

“We’ve got a situation where we want to address the striker situation and it is not possible to do that. The lads are working as hard as they can, we are doing what we can with that, and unfortunately we don’t look like scoring a goal again today.”

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When asked if there was a way round the lack of goals, Mills replied: “I know what the situation is, I have got the squad of players that I am working with and that is what me and Casks (assistant Darren Caskey) will work with, we get on with our jobs.”

Tranmere’s opening goal – which was attributed as an own goal from Jalal – was hard to take for the Dragons.

A deep Steven Jennings free kick was headed back across goal by Ritchie Sutton, with Jalal about to claim the ball. However after colliding with Curtis Tilt, the goalkeeper has spilled the ball over his own line.

'It has taken a mistake for them to go on and win'

Cook’s late effort in injury time came as Wrexham were pressing up field in desperation for an equaliser.

But Mills refused to point the finger and lay blame at anyone, insisting the side will stick together after the defeat.

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“Forget the second goal because that doesn’t happen if it is 0-0, so it has taken a mistake and unfortunately the mistake has not gone our way.

“It is our defender and keeper that have made the mistake but it happens. We are not pointing fingers at them, we stick together, they made the mistake and we get on with it next week in the FA Cup.

'We stick together'

“He (Jalal) has played well, done really well, I haven’t gone in and pointed fingers at anybody, mistakes happen and unfortunately for us it has come at a time when we don’t want to be making mistakes.

“He (Jalal) has made two or three really good saves again, but I thought we were in the game, they were finding it hard to break us down, we’ve had two or three chances ourselves, even when it was 1-0 we got in and around their box and the final ball or final decision wasn’t quite good enough for us.

“So we move on, it is another game we have lost, it is not nice, it is not what we wanted, to come here and get a point is a good result, but we haven’t managed that. We have got a two week break now to address the league situation and hopefully have a nice little run in the FA Cup.”

Attention now turns to the FA Cup fourth qualifying round clash next Saturday when Wrexham travel to take on Evo-Stik Northern Premier League First Division South side Stamford AFC.

When asked if it was a relief to turn their focus away from the league, Mills added: “I don’t know if relief is the right word, but it is an opportunity for us to address the league situation and as a group of players we have got two weeks to get ourselves for the next league game, which is Bromley at home.

“But it is time to go away from that, we have got a nice FA Cup game next Saturday, an opportunity to go and earn some revenue in the FA Cup and have a nice run in that.

“I’ve been involved in the FA Cup and been in this situation before and the FA Cup can go and lift you, it can give you a lift and a little bit of belief that you can go and win the next league game.”